Charles Jennings and Lori Fenner
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Macmillan Business is rapidly building up an excellent series of handbooks for senior managers working to bring about change in manufacturing and supply.
The government is hoping to save £240 million by using its purchasing card for all transactions under £500 from GCat, the government IT catalogue. The move is part of the government’s drive to cut procurement costs, which it hopes will eventually lead to 90 per cent of orders being conducted online.
Ford is poised to announce the first tenant to take up residence in its purpose-built supplier park at Dagenham.
The supplier park - a familiar concept in the auto industry - comes as part of the virtual rebuilding of Dagenham as a catalyst for the regeneration of east London. The £468 million scheme also includes training facilities and a leisure park.
The supplier park - a familiar concept in the auto industry - comes as part of the virtual rebuilding of Dagenham as a catalyst for the regeneration of east London. The £468 million scheme also includes training facilities and a leisure park.
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Spanish supply chain services group Globeflow has opened a UK subsidiary. The site will serve as a base for the sales and marketing of the Vivendi-backed company’s Moving Technology eXchange. www.globeflow.com
Supply chain managers cannot focus equally on the three value disciplines of operational excellence, product leadership and customer intimacy, the director of Stratabridge consultancy claimed.
A publication by Cardiff Business School predicts radical changes in car production. The Automotive Industry - A Guide predicts a shift away from high-volume, low-profitability manufacturing to niche production and micro-factory retailing, and highlights the increasing use of electronic components in cars.